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2: If x is even, True (excludes x = 0)


There's no reason to exclude 0. Zero is definitely divisible by 2;

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4: If the ones and tens digits of x are divisible by 4, True


You mean: if the tens and ones digits form a number which is divisible by 4. The number 31,212 is divisible by 4, for example, because the last two digits form a number (12) which is divisible by 4, even though the tens digit and the ones digit are not individually divisible by 4.

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5: If the ones digit is a 0 or 5, True (excludes x = 0)


There's no reason to exclude 0. Zero is definitely divisible by 5;

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8: If last 3 digits are divisible by 8, True OR If x is divisible by 2 three times, True


Again for clarity - the last three digits should form a number divisible by 8. For example, 85,328 is divisible by 8 because 328 is divisible by 8 (328 = 8*41).

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9: If the sum of the digits are 9, True


You mean: If the sum of the digits is a multiple of 9. The sum does not need to equal 9. The number 95,301 is divisible by 9, for example, because the digits add to 18, which is a multiple of 9.

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10: If the ones digit is 0, True (excludes x=0)


There's no reason to exclude 0. Zero is definitely divisible by 10;
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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
IanStewart - great comments. I've updated everything above.
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Thanks! Kudos

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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
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11 Example: Is 824,472 divisible by 11?
Starting with the units digit, add every other number:2 + 4 + 2 = 8. Then add the remaining numbers: 7 + 4 + 8 = 19. Since the difference between these two sums is 11, which is divisible by 11, 824472 is divisible by 11.

If anyone knows any other divisible number properties, please list them. Thanks.


Ok there's maybe one little simplification for the divisibility of number 11:

There's one scheme applied to the digits : - + - + etc. if the forming number is divisible by 11 then our number is divisible by 11.

Lets take for ex 3916 which is divisible by 11.
Application : -3 + 9 - 1 + 6 = 11 -----> so 3916 is divisible by 11.

Another example. 1099989

-1+0-9+9-9+8-9 = -11 --------. so 1099989 is divisible by 11.

Hope it helps.

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Thanks ! It helps a lot
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7: Double the ones digit and subtract the last number from the remaining digits. If difference divisible by 7, True


I cannot for the life of me figure out how this works. :?: Would anybody be kind enough to break this methodology down with a specific example so I can see what I'm doing wrong?

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Consider the number 273 ,
if you want to apply the rule
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7: Double the ones digit and subtract the last number from the remaining digits. If difference divisible by 7, True

then you have to
- double the ones digit : 2 x 3 =6
- subtract 6 from the number formed by the remaing digits ( = 27) : 27 -6 = 21

21 is divisible by 7 => 273 is divisible too
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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
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Consider the number 273 ,
if you want to apply the rule
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7: Double the ones digit and subtract the last number from the remaining digits. If difference divisible by 7, True

then you have to
- double the ones digit : 2 x 3 =6
- subtract 6 from the number formed by the remaing digits ( = 27) : 27 -6 = 21

21 is divisible by 7 => 273 is divisible too




Awesome thanks! :-D
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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
amazing for 7 and 11 properties and thanks for sharing it
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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
Bah my post got deleted. Thanks for the table. By the way, on page 244 Kaplan Premier they—incorrectly—state that, "...you can combine these rules above with factorization tom figure out whether a number is divisible by other numbers." the example given is that 8184 is divisible by 44 because it is divisible by (4 and 11). While this may be true in this case, it should advise that you use prime factorization.

For example, 36 is divisible by both 4 and 2, yet it is not divisible by 8. Rather, it should be divisible by 2 three times.

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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
Awesome, the MGMAT Number Properties didn't list the properties for 7,11, 12 and 15.
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Re: Properties of divisible numbers [#permalink]
Great addition to MGMAT Number Properties.
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